Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado

Petroglyphs of bowls: linked to fertility rites? (Spain)
3000 h. [a. C.]. Petroglifos de Peña Fadiel, León (España) © Ayuntamiento de Lucillo

Pallas Athena, protector of children’s growth 
420 [BC]. Pallas Athena. Cup showing the feats of Theseus. Attica (Italy) © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake (1865-1925)
Memorial de Louisa Brandredth Aldrich-Blake. Jardines Cuadrados De Tavistock. Londres, Reino Unido) © AEEH H

Aristocracy and patronage: María del Carmen Aragón Azlor.  
Duchess of Villahermosa (Madrid, 1841-1905)  © Museo Nacional de Arqueología.

Cecilia Böhl de Faber (1796-1887) enlightened writer
1858. Portrait of CecilaBöhl de Faber aged 60.  Valeriano Domínguez Bécquer © Museo del Romanticismo.

Josefa de Jovellanos, “La Argandona” (1745-1807)
1800. Josefa de Jovellanos, Copy of the portrait by Joaquín Inza © Museo de Artes Decorativas. 

Woman from the Roman elite handing out food at a girls’ school
1801-1900. Reproduction of a Roman silver coin,  back: scene of sharing out food © Museo Arqueológico Nacional. 

Ioni, female sexual symbol, associated with the goddess Sati (India) 
1801-1900. Ioni or womb, where life originates (India) © Museo Nacional de Antropología.

Death during delivery (Mexico)
100-700. Female head, linked to Cihuateteo o Cihuateotl. Veracruz (Mexico)  © Museo de América

 Ast (Isis), wife and sister of Osiris, breastfeeds her son Horus
664 [BC.]- 342[B C.] Isis breastfeeding Horus   © Museo Arqueológico Nacional

The Virgin with the Child, Madonna Durán
1435 -1438. Madonna Duran, Oil by van der Weiden © Museo del Prado